Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
The Schuyler Corn Competition and Car Show will hold a corn eating contest in Schuyler, NY on August 10 awarding $1000 to the winner.
2024 Wendy’s chicken nugget contest
Announced results (8 minutes)
1 Pat Bertoletti 220
2 James Webb 213
3 Geoff Esper 211
4 Sean Yeager 166
5 Australian (Kylan Lee?) 131
James Webb is running a video of today’ Wendy’s chicken nugget eating contest.
Pat Bertoletti, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, James Webb and Nick Wehry are expected to compete in Wendy's Chicken Nugget Eating Championship before Friday's Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip, NY. Webb is now billed as a resident of Little El, TX.
Registration is now open on majorleagueeating.com for the Wendy's Chicken Nugget Eating Championship. The contest will take place before the July 26 Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip, NY.
2024 Nathan’s Famous mens finals
| 1st | 58 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | personal best |
| 2nd | 53 | Geoffrey Esper | personal best |
| 3rd | 52 | James Webb | personal best, UK Commonwealth record |
| 4th | 51.75 | Nick Wehry | personal best |
| 5th | 46 | Takuya Yamamoto | best Japanese result since Kobayashi |
| 6th | 43 | Ricardo Corbucci | Latino record |
| 7th | 38.5 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 8th | 33 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 32 | Max Stanford | |
| 10th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 11th | 28.75 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 12th | 28 | George Chiger | |
| 13th | 27.5 | William Lyon | |
| 14th | 23 | Radim Dvoracek |
Badlands Booker has defended his chugging championship. One of the other competitors had a “reversal” which appears to rival Sloth in the Wing Bowl as one of the greatest reversals in competitive eating history.
Dutch Mazz is also doing a live video that will hopefully have clearer audio than Gigi’s.
Miki Sudo sets Nathan’s Famous women’s record
| 1st | 51 | Miki Sudo | new Nathan’s womens record |
| 2nd | 37 | Mayoi Ebihara | Japanese women’s record |
| 3rd | 23.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 5th | 13 | Tandra Childress | |
| 6th | 12 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 7th | 8.75 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 8th | 8 | Rubianne Garcia | |
| 9th | 7.4 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 10th | 7.25 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 11th | 7 | Crystal Ocampo | |
| 12th | 6 | Ellen Straub | |
| 13th | 5.5 | Elizabeth Salgado | |
| 14th | 5.25 | Julie Goldberg |
Gigi’s Time is running a livestream
The New York Mets ballpark has not held a Nathan's hot dog qualifier since 2019, but it will hold a Premio sausage eating contest tomorrow. The winner will throw the first pitch for the game and the top 3 will receive Amex gift cards.
Grub Street has a behind the scenes look at the decision by Shea Communications decision to lock Joey Chestnut of the Nathan's Famous for endorsing Impossible Foods plant-based frankfurters.
The July 4 weather prediction for Coney Island is currently predicted to be 76F high / 58F low with a 44% chance of PM showers.
Crazy Legs Conti wrote a column for Gothamist about his 23 year competitive eating career and the possibility of retirement. He says there will be four Nathan's Famous wild card spots awarded this year.
2024 Mattituck Lions Strawberry Shortcake Contest
update June 19 Kylan Lee has a video
update June 16 Full results were posted this morning:
| 1st | 23.75 | Geoffrey Esper | wins contest 3rd year in a row |
| 2nd | 20.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 16 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 14 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 12.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 12.33 | Max Stanford | |
| 8th | 11 | Kylan Lee | |
| 9th | 10 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 10th | 9.25 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 11th | 8 | Peter Ritter | |
| 12th | 6 | Crazy Legs Conti |
Top 4 results from the strawberry festival’s facebook video (8 minutes)
1 Geoff Esper 23.75 pounds
2 James Webb 20.5
3 Sean Yeager 16
4 Darrien Thomas 14.5
James Webb is doing a livestream of this afternoon’s strawberry shortcake in Mattituck, NY.
update The livestream was terminated just before results were announced.
Defending champion Geoff Esper, James Webb, Darrien Thomas, Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, Max Stanford, Radim Dvoracek, Kylan Lee, Sean Yeager, Josh Krady and Peter Ritter are expected to compete in tomorrow's strawberry shortcake eating contest in Mattituck, NY.
Gino's Pizza in Ronkonkoma, NY will hold a pizza eating contest on June 30 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Times Square Nathan’s qualifier
| 1st | 35 | Gideon Oji | |
| 2nd | 32.5 | George Chiger | |
| 3rd | 26.5 | Yunho Choi | from South Korea |
| 4th | 15 | Anthony Kamenski | |
| 5th | 12.5 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 6th | 11 | Jeffrey Bonacorda | |
| 7th | 7.75 | Jason Ruppert | |
| 8th | 5.5 | Steven Peterson |
| 1st | 16 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | qualifies for 14th finals (all womens contests) |
| 2nd | 9 | Olivia Murphy | overall competitive eating debut |
| 3rd | 6 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 4th | 4 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
The Field: Steven Peterson, Olivia Murphy, Jeffrey Bonacorda, Anthony Kaminsky, Jay Ruppert, Julie Goldberg, A Korean (didn’t get the name), Prudence DiBenedetto, Larell Marie Mele, George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Gideon Oji
KumaMonster has started a live stream of today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Times Square in Manhattan. The introductions are expected to start at noon Eastern.
"Cheeseball Man", whose eating of an entire container of cheeseballs went viral, will compete in Saturday's Gray's Papaya hot dog eating contest at the Smashed Burger Block Party in Brooklyn.
Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti and Larell Marie Mele are expected to compete in Friday's Nathan's qualifier in Times Square. The competition is part of a "Hot Dogs in the City" exhibition that features a 65 foot long hot dog that can rise up and shoot confetti.
Registration is now open for the National Donut Day World Donut Eating Championship in Washington, DC June 7 and the Mattituck Lions Club World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest in Mattituck, NY on June 15.
Fresco's Grand Cantina in Astoria, NY will hold a taco eating contest tomorrow awarding $250 to the winner.
The Brooklyn Cylones have produced a bobble-head doll of Joey Chestnut sitting on a hot dog throne that will be given to the first 1,500 fans that attend their July 3 game. In honor of the occasion, the team will be renamed the Coney Island Franks for one day.
2024 Nathan’s qualifier circuit announced
Six Nathan’s qualifiers were posted today. Registration opens April 12.
- May 11 Comstock, MI West Michigan Whitecaps game
- May 17 Times Square, NYC
- June 6 Cleveland, OH Parma Rib N Rock
- June 8 Bristol, CT
- June 15 Pleasanton, CA Alameda County Fair
- June 22 Washington, DC Giant National Capital BBQ Battle
The last Central or Mountain time zone qualifier was at the Iowa State Fair in August 2019.
Molly Schuyler won the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's meatball eating contest at Millie's of Staten Island. Dan Kennedy was the runner-up and Wayne Algenio was 3rd. update NBC New York has a video
Millie's in Staten Island will hold a meatball eating contest on March 9 awarding $1000/$500/$250.
The Mattituck, NY Strawberry Festival announced it will hold its strawberry shortcake eating contest on June 15. Geoff Esper is expected to defend his title.
News 10 NBC has a video about Brandon "The Titanium Jaw" Macey, who is leaving his job as a producer at that station in Rochester, NY to move to Albany.
Memory Motel in Manhattan will hold a wing eating contest during halftime of Sunday's Chiefs vs. Ravens AFC Championship game awarding a Super Bowl table valued at $2500.
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